This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.
Murmur of the Heart has generally received very positive reviews.
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Murmur of the Heart was released in 1971 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 90 reviews, giving Murmur of the Heart (1971) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Murmur of the Heart than critics were.
With a score of 77%, Murmur of the Heart is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
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